restoration

I imported an ‘81 Zastava 750 from Serbia about a year ago. It was “restored” and looked good from 5ft away, but I knew it would probably have some issues. Pretty typical of surface level cosmetic “restorations”. I bought it sight unseen for about 3k and it cost about as much to bring it over...

I have a steering wheel I picked up many years ago. It's supposedly a United Colors of Benetton Steering Wheel that was later painted black with a leather(?) paint. I have no idea if the story is true or not. But I'm willing to try to see if I can get it cleaned up, but I have no idea how to...

A little under a year ago, I acquired my 2nd X19. It was in both much better and much worse shape than my Lemons X19, but the body is straight enough and the doors close, so I want to save it. Unfortunately for my love of small Italian sports cars, I'm 6'6". The problem can be seen clearly in...

This is the beginning of my K-swap project that I recently inherited from my dad @ljairtool that passed away January 8th 2021. A little history of him and the car. He was from the Denver area, and was an jet aircraft mechanic. He had few hobbies, but the ones he had he was very obsessed over...

I am working with our friends from across the pond. They have helped me greatly with my Japanese market car. Subject: Seeking original interior/exterior color combinations. Translated: Maybe you can help me. One of my contacts in Italy (Sicily) has rebuilt his injector model K with black...

As many of you know or remember from one of my first posts on here: https://xwebforums.com/forum/index.php?threads/introducing-myself-and-my-speciale-x1-9.29474/ My 1979 Serie Speciale X1/9 is a bit odd and has a lot of history that has been completely unknown to me until just recently. The car...

This thought was inspired by a very topical post on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/d01k25/when_is_parts_availability_for_an_old_car_worrying/ This question also includes the option of buying parts from Obert/Bayless/Vicks, etc. that currently are available, before they vanish...

So I always had planned on doing a 'proper' posting for my k20/restomod build but even tho my day job is in the software industry, I just never seem to find the time to do it right. My plan was to follow Rodger's previous advice on posting and do proper postings. I think at this point I need...

Has anyone ever painted the insides of their water jackets? Mine are fairly corroded where water has direct contact. I am considering doing high temp paint all around or taping off all but the inner ovals to leave the gasket surface bare metal. BTW the exteriors are newly painted black prior to...

As my signature suggests and mentioned in my prior threads, my car has a lot of "Japanese" market items. This past week while cleaning my cam cover, I copied down the script found on the sticker there. I just want to know what it all means to help me learn the car's past. If possible I would...